Your investment with WELS Church Extension Fund helps provide financing so mission congregations can purchase land and either build or renovate a worship facility. Learn more about recently completed projects made possible with WELS Church Extension Fund loans and grants.

Our Loan Department provides assistance to qualified mission congregations seeking a church mortgage through WELS CEF. If you have questions about a church mortgage loan, please view Church Loans FAQ. You can contact the loan department by completing the Contact Us form.

WELS Church Extension Fund, Inc. offers two types of Certificates–Investment Certificates and Savings Certificates. The Certificates pay interest at rates which are set according to the policies set forth under “Description of Certificates” in our Offering Circular. Our rates are reviewed and set monthly.

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Your investment with WELS CEF helps provide financing so mission congregations can purchase land and either build or renovate a worship facility. Learn more about recently completed projects made possible with WELS CEF loans and grants.

The purchase of WELS CEF securities is subject to risks, which are described in our Offering Circular. This is not an offer to sell, nor the solicitation to buy our securities. We will offer and sell our securities only in states where authorized. The offering is made solely by the Offering Circular.

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA’s) are a great way to build your retirement. Now you can help build churches while you are managing your retirement savings by investing in a WELS CEF Retirement Certificate. What a fantastic way of helping others, while helping yourself!

The purpose of the WELS CEF Stamp Program is to involve WELS youth in mission work at an early age. This investment program serves as a great building block for WELS children to learn clear, Biblical stewardship principles. This program also allows parents and teachers to instruct WELS youth to actively participate in mission work going on throughout the world. This program can help WELS Day School teachers and Sunday School teachers as they teach WELS youth about Christian stewardship principles.

If your heart leads you to name WELS CEF, the WELS Synod or your congregation as a full or partial beneficiary of your WELS CEF investment you have the added benefit of knowing that your gift has eternal significance.

The purchase of WELS CEF securities is subject to risks, which are described in our Offering Circular. The WELS CEF Offering Circular can be found online at wels.net/cef/investment. This is not an offer to sell, nor the solicitation to buy, our securities. We will offer and sell our securities only in states where authorized. WELS CEF certificates are unsecured general debt obligations. WELS CEF is not a bank or regulated financial institution. This offering is made solely by the Offering Circular.

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